Opinion and Analysis
Opinion and Analysis
Investment
Sierra Leone Finance Act 2022 Key Highlights – from PKF Mason Hill
The Finance Act 2022 was granted Presidential assent on 11th January 2022. The objective of the 2022 Finance Act is to support and strengthen the efficiency of public finance. The Act contains tax and policy […]
News
Sierra Leone 2022 Budget Highlights
Read the budget speech here.
Opinion and Analysis
Let’s plan so that we do not repeat the last six decades – by Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone
After 60 years of existence as an “independent state”, the progress report of Sierra Leone is anything but satisfactory. The country is bottom of the pack, ranking 182 out of 189 in the latest Human […]
Opinion and Analysis
Annihilation by deforestation: How the pursuit of short-term “gain” will be the death of a country – by Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone
2019 was a terrible year for Sierra Leone’s forests. According to the 2020 annual pubic finance audit report, more than 10 million slow-growing, rosewood trees were shipped out of the country. Approximately two hundred thousand […]
Investment
Sierra Leone: an investor’s guide to environmental compliance – by Andrew Keili
Increasing emphasis on environmental compliance Achieving environmental compliance is a key risk to investment for many projects and is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for both private and public funding. Since 2008 when Sierra Leone set […]
Opinion and Analysis
The African Continental Free Trade Area: Africa’s bid to transform itself – by Beatrice Chaytor
Trade is a powerful engine for economic growth and development. However, Africa’s story in this regard has been different as compared to other regions of the world such as East Asia, where trade is believed […]
Opinion and Analysis
PONDER MY THOUGHTS by Andrew Keili
HONS. ”TAWA” AND NGEVAO: PARLIAMENT’S SACRIFICIAL LAMBS? The ACC’s insistence on getting evidence from whistle blowers to prove corruption by Parliament reminds me of my Uncle Ngo B (Name withheld – May his soul rest […]
Opinion and Analysis
5 REASONS WHY WE NEED TO INVEST IN CULTURE, CREATIVITY & AESTHETICS IN SIERRA LEONE
At Insight, we’ve been thinking a lot about the need to invest in arts and creativity in Sierra Leone recently, especially because we’ve seen just how much it flourishes out of Sierra Leone. We have […]
Opinion and Analysis
The alchemy of risk
By Memuna Forna The 15th Century politician Machiavelli said: “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and […]